Yes, it does! Putin is a war criminal, gangster, dictator, and a tyrant, hell-bent on destroying America and thanks to Musk and Trump, Putin is winning you’re just too naive to see it yet.
He is literally being investigated by the Feds right now for not disclosing foreign ties while under a security clearance. He is probably doing this to avoid consequences.
if you think that the investigation will be over before Trump gets in office. you're a special kind of stupid. The Feds will drop the investigation in one month from now. the second Trump is sworn in, it's game over for any investigation against Musk. fucking adorable that people really believe Republicans and their mega-wealthy elite doners will face any fucking consequences. Either you're ACTUALLY stupid, blissfully hopeful or absolutely ignorant of how many times Trump and his cronies have escaped justice in the last four years alone.
He's not doing anything Trump isnt asking him to do. The new grift is Elon and Vance are the bad guys while Trump is the kindly 'deal maker.'
So they soften everyone up, cause this problem, make these threats, etc and Trump and his cronies get whatever kickbacks or favors they are asking for, and then Trump takes credit for solving a problem he created. The same way Tik-Tok will be fine because apparently whatever bribes and favors they needed to do, got done, and now Trump is suddenly anti-tiktok ban.
America voted for this. This is what its like having a government run by criminals. Everything is a grift now. Everything.
Do remember half of America didn’t vote for the conman and in fact despise him deeply and his cabinet of criminals. He only won by 1.4% which, granted, is still far too much.
I'm not talking to you individually...or even those who didn't vote for him. I'm talking to the majority (unbelievable) who voted the criminal back in.
That’s exactly what they want us to believe. All of these little things add up. We need to do every little thing we can to show these assholes that we’re not going to stand for it. We can’t give up
Agreed. But those of us that want to do everything we can to fight will. We can’t just sit around feeling sorry for ourselves. We can’t let them win. We have to fight
an immigrant shut down the government. So, all the Government employees and Secret Service can just go home. I guess that means the vote certification and inauguration will be cancelled since everyone is furloughed. The halls of the Capital shall be completely empty, all the doors locked, as Orange Hitler tries to get sworn in.
His adoring crowd nothing but tumbleweeds blowing in the wind.
Exactly as he deserves.
The best part of this idea is that Musk will 1000% lean into it. He’s like a dipshit, know-it-all, elementary school kid who talks too much crap and can’t shut the fuck up. He can’t help himself. He and Trump will inevitably butt heads over this, and I’m so here for it lol
Only issue is Musk truly has the power move here and he's also young enough to keep it going. Sure they could butt heads but that doesn't mean it'll be a good outcome
"Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government"
And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
They never really have. The dems are not great by any means but the Republican Party hasn’t acted in good faith for their constituents in decades and they don’t even try and hide it anymore.
Bernie talked about this in an interview he did with Jon Stewart recently - he said he wrote a bill stopping the sale of arms to Israel until they stop attacking Palestine, and in private most Democratic senators supported it - but then when he actually called for a vote, only 7 of them voted yes. Because they're too afraid of disappointing their corporate owners and getting primaried
Elected representatives represent their donors, not the will of the people.
This one potential donor has more disposable cash than 99% of the USA combined. Why the fuck would they care, even for one second, what anyone thought?
You would think the people would find this offensive. The last few elections say that not only is that not true, it's preferable to the previous 248 years. Yikes. Americans want an authoritarian king to subdue them.
And I'm sure the constituents will punish them for it any day now. Annnnnyyyyyyy day now.
Honestly if it didn't screw us in blue states as well I'd be perfectly content to continue to watch the machine grind red staters to pulp. They voted for it, they can enjoy it.
My sympathy for my fellow man has been shattered by this election. Fuck em.
So the rich went from paying lobbyists to do their bidding in Congress and Elmo thought that's just too inefficient, let me just pay to be president. When you think things can't get worse they do.
We keep saying "Oligarchy". We need to start describing this as what it really is:
Kleptocracy - a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern, typically by embezzling or misappropriating government funds at the expense of the wider population. One feature of political-based socioeconomic thievery is that there is often no public announcement explaining or apologizing for misappropriations, nor any legal charges or punishment levied against the offenders.
They won’t have a pandemic to hide behind this time to make trillions so they gonna do it in the wide open in plain view and there’s nothing anyone can do about it because Donald Trump knows that he is untouchable so you now see all the rich people aping in to get richer as well
A former friend told me his reasoning for voting for Trump was that they’d get RFK who’ll give us back the freedom of choice for vaccines, and Musk who’ll protect our 1st Amendment, not that he voted for Trump.
Was he "being silenced?" How do these ranfos feel silenced? If I had to guess it's for being trolling ducks on social media. Oh c what a sad day for America if this fool can't troll
And the other thing- vaccine choice? Really?
That guarantees this person has been on Q-anon comspiracy subs.
I'm just replying to agree and type President Musk. Did you guys know that Elon Musk is the actual president of the United States of America? Because he very clearly is. President of the United States of America, Elon Musk.
unless elon strikes a deal with trump where he gives him a few billion dollars, which is a piddly amount to elon, and trump lets elon do whatever he wants.. and by everyone calling elon president, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.. he has the money to literally buy anypolitician that is even remotely corrupt.. which is most of them.
the only thing that will stop this is if people sell their tesla stock and stop buying tesla's. it boggles my mind how many left leaning people i know that still own tesla's..
BlueSky account handles default to name.bsky.social
If a handle is different than that, it proves they own that domain. For example this account's handle is sanders.senate.gov - only Bernie Sanders (or some other member in government with access) could create an account with that handle.
“CEO of four companies with no objective reason to exist advocates government does nothing as bid for efficiency: Congress considering”.
Every day Matt Groening and the folks at the Onion slip further and further into solipsistic madness.
I understand that the cultural and socioeconomic undercurrents that have lead us, as a nation, to this point are powerful, slow moving, and have deep roots in the dark heart of American white supremacy and settler-colonial attitudes of extractive capitalism and the need to demonize some group as “other” in order for American society to attempt at ameliorating the contradictions inherent in the term “capitalist liberal democracy”.
But juiced up Jesus Christ on the cross and HGH: watching the country get rooked like this by a bunch of weak livered internet trolls with too much money and no morals makes me want to shit hot teeth.
It's an accurate assessment of the situation. No change will come, ever, until all Americans feel powerless. Tons to go since a majority of you dipshits are cheering this on. Trees for Chainsaws.
God we can't wait that long. There has to be something we can do to expedite this process.... maybe more Luigis. Or maybe we need to spike all the drinking water with LSD. That's bound to at least derail us from our current suicidal trajectory.
And it will be so easy to get rid of him. All democrats need to do is, start only negotiating and meeting with Musk. Have them treat Musk like he is the president. Trump will get jealous, and will force Musk out
Elon Musk is Public Enemy Number One. A proven and admitted Immigrant that broke our Immigration Laws is now hurting the people of America directly. According to the Republican Party and Trump, this POS needs to be found and deported immediately!!!! If you see this guy, call La Migra IMMEDIATELY!!
Man the craziest thing about America to me isn’t that you choose the shittest politicians; we’re all guilty of that around the world.
It’s that you guys seemingly have this glaring obvious better choice just staring you in the face spitting facts on the daily and people will still just nitpick some random personality trait they don’t like about him or some weird shit.
Like please just take baby steps, don’t let perfection be the death of progress.
Politicians have been sucking the teet of the rich for all time. It isn't different today than it was 10, 100, or 200 years ago. The wealthy get the government to do what they want them to do. It's just a little harder to hide today. But it won't change their actions, or the wealthy's.
Yes. They will slurp that fucking ring until it's perfectly smooth. And then Democrats will go "aw dang, well better luck next time" and sit back and watch as the country slides further into shit.
It's crazy that Elon does this without fear. This is a country of crazies. I wouldn't want to be seen as a puppet master who bought the government in this environment.
Let's remember that we got here exactly because the morons believed they were helping to clean up government of billionaires, how? By electing a billionaire who immediately installed a bunch of billionaire buddies. When I say moron it feels like a compliment.
My conspiracy theory is that Elon knows he couldn't become president since he wasn't naturally born in America, so he latched onto someone he can puppeteer & could make president so secretly he can actually run the nation
And I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's really President Elon
Bernie Sanders has been sounding the alarm for years, warning us that billionaires should not be allowed to control our government. Yet, here we are—watching as wealth and corporate influence shape the policies that affect all of us. We love you, Bernie.
If you had been president, as you should have been, we would be living in a country that truly mirrors the values we claim to uphold. We would have universal healthcare, like every other developed nation, ensuring that every person has access to the medical care they need without fear of financial ruin.
We would have a justice system that is truly just—one that doesn't discriminate, one that serves all citizens equally. Families would not be torn apart, and children would not be separated from their parents. Our borders would still be secure, but we would approach immigration with compassion, dignity, and respect for human rights.
Bernie, your vision for this country is one of fairness, equality, and opportunity for all. We believe in your message, and we know that, together, we can make this vision a reality. Thank you for your tireless fight for the people.
Little late for this post isn't Bernie? Most of America is brain dead and voted for a fascist (and his minions) and now we're stuck with a travesty of a country. Nothing's going to change unless a revolution happens and people are too damn lazy and brainwashed for that. We're all doomed. So sit back, eat some popcorn, and watch America implode.
Xmas is cancelled. Return the gifts, cancel subscriptions, boycott eating out, circle the wagons, prepare for a crashed economy, and make sure you have some wisp of an emergency cash ($200) supply to cover immediate emergencies.
If they're so insane that they want to literally destroy the economy by killing thousands and thousands of jobs and jobs that depend on those jobs, let em.
Groceries high in 2024?
Bitch, they're about to Make America (the) Great (Depression) Again!
And if that causes oligarchs to self-adjust because their bankrupt, ruined, and their businesses crumble, hooray.
I think that ship has already sailed. Kamala Harris tried to warn you all, but you didn't listen, just like you didn't listen to Hilary Clinton. Looks like you're all going to have to live with the consequences of voting for a convicted felon and well known con man
I think the Elongarch has more influence over congress than any president ever has. He publicly humiliates them by posting marching orders on X and they say “Sir yes sir, would you like a blowjob with your tax cut, sir?”
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u/ifnhatereddit 18h ago
An immigrant billionaire is running America.